Pocket accounting device



M. L. BUCHHEIM.

POCKET ACCOUNTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED D; :.2s,1919.

1,342,707. Patented June 8, 1920 PATENT OFFICE.

MAX L. BUCHHEIM, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

POCKET ACCOUNTING DEVICE.

Application filed December 23, 1919.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, MAX L. BUCHHEIM, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Brooklyn, Kings county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket Accounting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my present invention are toprovide a simple, compact and conven1ent form of accounting device or memoranda carrier which can be readily carried about in the pocket of the user, in which the entries can be easily made at any time and which will carry a continuous record for any desired length of time, a whole month for instance. I

Other objects are to provide a device of the character above referred to, which will permit of the ready removal of the old record and the insertion of a new record sheet, which will permit of turning the record backward or forward for the purpose of" making comparisons, or the like, and which, furthermore, will be neat and attractive so as to constitute a truly desirable device for carrying in the pocket.

The invention involves a number of different novel features of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will appear from the following specification, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawing wherein the invention is disclosed embodied in a practical and, at the present time, a preferred form.

In the drawing referred to, Figure 1 1s a perspective view of the complete device.

Fig. 2 'is a transverse sectional view of the same as taken on substantially the plane of line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device as it appears with the cover removed, this view being made on a somewhat larger scale than the preceding views and certain of the parts therein being indicated as broken away and shown in section.

Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional views as taken on substantially the planes of lines 14 and 55 of Fi 1.

The device illustrated embodies, first, a casing of suitable material such. as light sheet metal and consisting in the present illustration of a box-body 7 and a cover 8 which, in this instance, is held in place by means of a dependent flange portion 9 which is sprung over the outwardly flaring upper Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1920.

Serial No. 346,965.

edge portion 10 (Fig. 2) of the box-body. This cover is provided with a longitudinal slot 11 therein through which the entries are made on a web or sheet 12 which is supported at the slot or window 11 by a backlng or platen 13.

The record sheet is wound at its opposite ends on the spools 14: and 15 journaled in the end plates 16 and 17 of a frame member which consists of said end plates joined by the platen 13 which thus constitutes a bridge plece between such end plates.

The spools are held under tension so as to prevent their accidental turning and so as to hold them in theposition to which they are adjusted by means of a spring plate 18 secured to the outer face of the end plate 16 and engaged beneath the heads 19 and 20 of the two spools.

The spools are rotated by means of thumbturns 21 and 22 which are shown in the form of milled disks fastened on the ends of the spools at the outer side of the end plate 17. These thumb-turns are, in my invention, housed within the casing for the greater portion of their extent with the exception of narrow rim portions thereof which are allowed to project through transverse Slots 23 and 24 provided in the cover and in the back of the casing. This construction protects the spools against-accidental rotation and provides just sufficient gripping portions at the back and front of the casing to enable the intentional turning of the spools by the operator.

The frame carrying the web-supporting spools is constructed as particularly indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, to fit closely within the casing so as to be held in position by the mere act of placing the same in the casing and securin the cover thereover. This removable unit construction enables ready removal and replacement of the record sheets by simply lifting out the frame and drawing the web off the spools, the new web being inserted by engaging the end thereof with one spool and Winding the same. thereon and attaching the opposite end to the other spool.

To insure proper positioning of the removable web unit within the casing, I have shown upstanding gage fingers 25, 26 provided at opposite edges of the box-body for engagement with the underside of the cover and have shown the frame unit as carrying gage fingers 27, 28 at opposite ends of the platen the intermediate portion of the web between the spools is properly guided over the platen and the web is thereby held in proper registry with the writing opening 11.

For the keeping of memoranda, such as a cash account, the web is ruled longitudinally to provide a column 29 for the entry of the date, column 30 for the entry of the item,

columns 31, 32 for the entry of items of ini come and columns 33, 34 for items of expenditure. w

The device .can be made in exceedingly compact form and yet carry a web sufficiently long for carrying an account for a month or more. ried in the pocket of the user, the vest pocket for instance, and as expenditures are made or income is received, the same will be entered with the date and suitable menioranda to identify the same in the columns provided therefor.- At the end of the month, the cover may be opened and the web unit be removed, the used sheet being taken out and balanced and a fresh sheet being inserted in its place. If desired, the web may be provided with an additional column or columns for balancing the account from day to day or directly when the items are entered.

The device,it will be seen, is a practical and desirable one to aid in the keeping of a running account, for instance, and is in such form that it can be conveniently carried about and thus be at hand at all times for the making of entries therein.

The construction disclosed has the further advantage that the spools are journaled entirely within the casingand are not exposed except for the small portions of the thumbturns which serve as the operating pieces.'

It is possible that changes and modifications in structure may be made without de parture from the spirit and scope of the in- Ordinarily, the device will be car- 'vention as disclosed and 11-; is intended that such modifications shall be covered by the accompanying claims, and in this connec-- tion it is pointed out that the terms employed herein are used in a descriptive rather than in a limiting sense,-except, however, for such their peripheral portions exposed through the transverse slots aforesaid at the top and bottom and thereby engageable and operableby the thumb and finger applied over the top and bottom of the casing.

2. A pocket accounting device comprising a casing, web carrying spools journaled in said casing and provided with thumb-turns having portions exposed at the outside of the casing, a platen for supporting the portion of theweb between the spools and edge guides for the intermediate portion of the web carried by said platen, the casing having a removable cover positioned by engagement with the edge guides aforesaid and provided with a slot therein over theplaten for exposing the guided portion of the web.

3. In a device of the character set forth, a casing having slots in the top and bottom thereof, a frame within said casing and comprising end plates and a platen connecting said end plates, web carrying spools j ournaled in the end plates, thum-turns on the spools at one end thereof adjacent one end plate and having rim portions exposed through the slots in the casing, heads on the opposite ends of the spools adjacent the opposite end plate and spring arms engaged with said heads and interposed between the same and the adjacent end plate.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand this 18th day of December, 1919.

MAX L. BUCHHEIM. 

